Thursday, November 19, 2009

I love our neighborhood.

As mentioned last week, I was thrilled about the amazing weather that was gracing Atlanta this weekend. As I sit here in my office sans window during yet another gloomy week, I yearn for that perfect weather.

I ventured into my blank scheduled weekend with excitement of what would fall onto my plate. Friday was a success as we sauntered down the street to Smith’s Olde Bar to celebrate Pat’s birthday. One too many shots later there was a strip show, an unexpected make out sess and a dance party that may or may not have involved How Bizarre. Um more like how amazing.

Saturday involved lots of snuggling and being lazy until Daniel had to go into work. Lame. After running off to dog sit in the ‘burbs, I returned home to continue my amazingly lazy day. I napped on the couch and spent some overdue QT with the pooch before Nina came over. After a quick trip to Rice Box, Trader Joes and Blockbuster, we were prepared for a lovely wine/Chinese/movie night. If you haven’t seen the Ugly Truth, put it in your queue. It is a super cute. As you can tell, my Saturday was ultimately boring, but I savored every moment. It was delicious.

Sunday was the icing atop an already amazingly relaxing weekend. I, of course, awoke early and checked off my to do list of regularly scheduled Sunday chores including: laundry, vacuuming in heals, cleaning the kitchen and dusting the living room. So satisfying. I don’t care what you say, chores might blow, but coming home to a clean house feels great. Once Daniel woke up, we headed out to Best Buy to purchase the new Super Mario Bros game for Wii. Side note – it is less than a week later and he has already beaten the entire game. Usually I am not one for video games, but Mario games are the best. They are the games I played as a child so I love them. Video game nerd? Sure, sign me up as long as it includes that fat little man in red. Moving on…after a short preview to the game Daniel, Dakota, Nina and I headed down to the park for a day of soaking in the final moments of weather perfection. The sound of the fallen leaves crunching below our feet was blissful.

As we head off to NYC next week for the holiday, I am excited to explore the city Daniel and I will live in come grad school completion in two years. I hope in the meantime to live it up in Atlanta as much as possible before we leave for good. Helping Kelly check off her Ultimate Atlanta Bucket List will ensure I am experiencing all of Atlanta’s greatness. I absolutely adore our little neighborhood and will miss it when we leave. Until then, I will frolic in the park as often as the fickle weather permits and take advantage of all the goodies between the manor and 10th street. I can’t wait to finally check out the Three Legged Cowboy and Woodys. Oh, I love Midtown.

Friday, November 13, 2009

I lie.

I thought last weekend was going to be the last amazingly perfect fall weather ever. Well, I lie. This weekend is predicted to be gorgeous!!! I am thrilled.

This is the first weekend in a very long time that hasn’t been packed full of to dos and parties. It has been a fun filled few weeks, but I am eagerly looking forward to a weekend of spontenatity that could include anything from crazy dance parties to relaxing in the park with a good book. The possibilites are endless and that makes me happy. There are only 8 short hours that separate me from my empty planned weekend. Here are a few of my favorite websites that will entertain me until that magical hour of 5:00 o’clock:

Picnik.com

Textsfromlastnight.com

Itwasoverwhen.com

Jessicashops.com

Rightpuppykennel.com

Dlisted.com

Cooking.com

Theonion.com

Craigslist.org

Instyle.com

Happy weekend!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Pumpkin Paradise

My obsession with all things pumpkin has really intensified this year. I wake up on Saturday mornings craving a breakfast of pumpkin spice lattes and pumpkin bagels and continue through the day dreaming of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Delish. I am not sure when pumpkin season officially ends, but I am hoping those talented baristas at Starbucks keep churning out that orange tinted goodness well into the chilly months ahead.

Last Thursday, we began the celebration of Nina’s 22nd birthday. Yay! A bunch of her friends headed down to Tin Lizzy’s Grant Park location and had a quick nosh on margaritas, fried pickles and skillets. Heaven. Tin Lizzy’s is hands down my fav and thus the best Mexican restaurant in Atlanta. Check # 143 off the Ultimate Atlanta Bucket list.

After a low key Friday night (I am such a rockstar), Saturday was finally Halloween. I spent the morning being absolutely lazy and finally snapped into action early afternoon. I went to find my friend so she could find her car from the previous night’s cougar filled activities. We then headed to Wendy’s where I promptly permanently borrowed about a bizillon ketchup paper pot thingys. Once back to the manor, we concocted the perfect Halloween treat for our preparty later that night – black cherry and orange jello shots. Thank you Wendy’s for making this all possible. I promise to buy several frostys in the near future to repay my debut to your fast food establishment.

Cougey and I then made a quick jaunt to Junkman’s Daughter and Psycho Sisters in efforts to finalize our costumes. Mainly, we both needed proper underwear since out outfits were slightly scandalous. Mission accomplished. Once deck out in our fabulous costumes, a few friends came over to indulge in our fancy treats and play on the new Tpain app for the iphone. Then, it was off to Spiralween with 3,000 other Atlantans. I had a blast. The band Yatch Rock played Michael Jackson’s Thriller album for the first set and it.was.awesome. So perfect and so fun. The night was filled with lots of dancing, random picture taking with fun costumed strangers, a fire drill, evacuation, Miley Cyrus, Max, too many shots and finally, of course, a graceful tumble by yours truly. I think the highlights of the evening may be better described through a photo montage. Enjoy.

Sunday, Nina officially moved into the apartment next to Daniel and I. Our family is complete :) It is so great having her right next door. Barely a week in and we have already had our first official Grey’s date night and cooking baking party. Love it.

This week has seemed very long, but it is finally Friday. Last night, I joined the rest of my company for the Bowl A Thon where we raised money for Make A Wish Foundation. 800 realtors bowling? Hilarious. Especially my agents who all had to go cups of margaritas in hand from dinner. Very entertaining night and most importantly, we raised lots of money for the kids.

I am looking forward to this weekend and the amazeballs weather that is predicted. One more Halloween party, birthday extravanga and a lovely Sunday of photographing autumn leaves in the park lay ahead of me. All I have to do is make it through today which, at 9:37am, is already proving difficult. Maybe I should take a break and go grab a pumpkin spice latte to help me through :)